CCTV appeal after taxi driver is assaulted by man in St Helens

CCTV image of a man police want to speak to after a taxi driver was assaulted in St Helens

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Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to after a “vicious” assault on a taxi driver in St Helens which left him unconscious.

Officers were called to Millfields, Eccleston, at around 11pm on Friday, March 13 by paramedics who reported that a 25-year-old taxi driver had been punched by another man.

The taxi driver had picked up the alleged offender in Queens Square in Liverpool city centre, at around 10.15pm.

He asked to be taken to St Helens and then asked the driver to go to a cash machine at Sainsburys supermarket on Millfields.

When the driver stopped at the cash point, they both got out of the taxi. The man then argued about the fare and punched the taxi driver, knocking him to the ground and leaving him unconscious, before running off.

DC Roy Waller of St Helens CID, said: “This was a vicious assault which left the victim in hospital with a head injury that prompted the need for a CT scan.

“Thankfully he is making a very good recovery and I want to reassure people that we are doing everything we can to trace the person responsible for the attack.

“Taxi drivers provide a vital service which many of us take for granted and they have a right to earn a living, day or night, without having to worry about being verbally abused, threatened or attacked.

“As part of our inquiries into this incident, we have issued CCTV stills of a man who we think may have important information which could help us with our investigation.

“I would appeal to him, or anyone who recognises him, to get in touch with us as soon as possible.”

A member of the public came over to help the driver and called the emergency services.

The driver was taken to hospital where he was treated for a cut to his forehead and a small puncture wound to his lip. No weapons are believed to have been used during the assault.

An investigation to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident is continuing.